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I get asked for startup advice many times everyday from both YC companies and non-YC companies. I have a limited set of experiences as a startup founder and investor but I am always happy to help motivated founders whenever I can.
The problem is...

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Michael SeibelWhen founders reach out they tend to ask for general feedback, for a mentor, or for a meeting. I think they are given this advice from others and I think its actually bad advice for tech startups. Its much better to just ask for what you'd like help with
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A lot of great people joined the YC and YCC teams in the past six months.
You can now see a full list of people at YC here.
Please welcome Eric, Holly, Diego, Matt, Nic, Kyle, Adele, Jose, Matt, Ramon, and Gia.
Eric Migicovsky, Partner
Eric...

Some of the biggest technology companies look like toys in the beginning. From a classical business building perspective, this shouldn't happen. Toys are for fun. Businesses, especially huge ones, are for making money. Toys are small and of limited...

Human Interest (formerly Captain401), announced today that it has raised $11 million to help more small businesses set up 401k accounts for their employees. Wing Venture Capital led the round, joining existing investors Y Combinator, Uncork Capital,...

Last year, for the first time, we taught a MOOC (massively open online course) for startup founders called Startup School. This year, we’re adding a new course called Startup Investor School which will teach the basics of seed (early) stage startup...

In the last year, YC companies have raised over $550mm across 62 Series As. Near as we can tell, that's the highest number in any portfolio anywhere in venture investing. We expect that number to go up each year as we fund more companies.

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Michael SeibelYC Series A Program - One of our major goals in 2018 is to do more to help alumni. @harris is doing a great job leading the effort to help YC companies raise Series A rounds
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I often think about things I want to learn and the reasons I cannot do so. I come up with plenty of excuses, from not having a practical need for learning that thing to not being smart enough to learn it. My biggest excuse, though, is that I simply...